Golden mature colour, lots of small, proper bubbles.
Starts off with caramel, rye bread, fresh ciabata, even white pepper and quince. Later comes menhol. Very long on the palate, creamy, honey comb, caramelised suger, rye bread with honey, vinous, excellent balance even though the dosage seems higher than they are making it now. Probably concentration of 1981 goes hand in hand with higher accidity. Just loved it.

Bouquet of marzipan, vanilla, hint of menthol, initially also some chemical notes. With time develops notes of leather, meat, hotdog with cheese. Essence of silk on the palate, very elegant, only 12,5% alc., feminine and fresh. There's marshmallows and figs as well as cherry pip on the palate. Outstanding mouthfeel. What a pleasant surprise.

Darker, more acrid than La Scala 1981. There's wet wood on the nose, herbs, overripe, stewed fruits, vegetal note of green paprica, a bit of barnyard. Slight heat on the finish, short finish, feels a bit dirty, not that clean and precise. Not that often do I drink '82 Bordeaux and while this was good, it wasn't that inspiring all by itself.

Corked.
Lovely, elegant taxture to the wine, but corkiness didn't let us enjoy it properly.

What an interesting botrytis nose resembling a Sauternes! Not only that, there were also blackberries, vanilla, fresh figs, spicy chocolate, iodine and even hint of brioche. Perfect integration of modern and traditional. Loved it.

It had some signes of being faulty, I suspect the bottle wasn't in its prime condition. Meaty, pickle nose, some black pepper and dill. Lacking in vibrancy or nerve, very calm, albeit quite fresh and green. Gigondas of the same vintage was clearly better.

A pleasant surprise. Lively, sweet vanilla nose. Fat, dried cranberry, meaty, autumnal leaves. Rusty finish, like licking a fresh wooden plank, some rusticity, but overall very nice for such a mature Grenache.

Very dry and still tannic. Aronia and red currants. Salty, fishy, beetroot nose. This was not the best bottle, very variable.

Characterisic grower champagne with a high content of Meunier (think red apples and heavy, autolitic nose of rye bread). Lush palate expansive, gastronomic, not for the faint of heart. The hot year shows as it feels borderline overripe. Don't expect it to be elegant, but wait for the power.